Chp46 Gatsby gala
Chris-pov
What was supposed to be a quiet weekend before the annual Coping together Gala was ruined the plane crash. Mom is allowing us to go, provide we sit a lot. I can deal with that. Anna is better, but still not there. John is a worry to Welch and Taylor. I understand why, I just don't agree. I think he see her as a sister, one he can save. I am tired. Its late Saturday morning. Soon I have to get dressed for the party.
I am dressed in a nineteen twenty dinner suit. With all the attachments and restraints. God, how did guy's back then wear all this stuff. I wait for Anna to come downstairs. The Beauty Technician are upstairs. Andrea and Mary are up there too. They've been there all afternoon. How does it take so frigging long? On top of everything, no alcohol, Mom's orders.
Around 4pm, Barney and Steve arrive. They look sharp in there suits. Steve in a Diner suit like me. Barney is in Military Dress from the British Imperial Light Horse of India. Sumter arrives from above, "15-more minutes" he says. At least he's talking more.
Taylor, Warren and Parks are waiting at the elevator. As Andrea descends the stairs. She dressed in a blue backless dress of the type Jean Harlow wore. With a bright diamond choker, and hoop earrings. Setting off her blonde hair, and Prada pumps. The vision of the Movie starlet.
Mary is next the vision of the prim and proper Suffragette of the roaring twenties. The short Dusk color strait spaghetti strap dress with the high neck line showing the ample curves and the Black high top booties with 4 inch heels. Over vintage white lace silk stocking. Her hair is a shimmer of brown with gold highlights. The simple beaded headband offset with diamond stud earrings. Complete with an authentic Suffragette march and Jail pins. Complete with a diamond tennis bracelet. She is a vision of college coed. Smart, pretty, and serious.
Next down the stairs is Gail? She's not going this year. But she models a pretty lace trim blouse with a mid-knee green skirt. Wearing nude stocking as she twirls on her bare feet. I sneak a look at? Jason. he's drooling. As everyone but John is trying to look anywhere but at her. I smile. What a tease.
The beauticians come next gabbing and smiling. As they leave, the stress is killing me. I start for the stairs. I look up. Anna! Wow! She is a vision of perfection. The soft brown hair with gold highlights drape her head in a halo of auburn splendor. The dress is a light sunrise colored shimmer of blues, orange, and yellows. It makes her ethereal. A Greek Muse would not enlighten as she does.
I stare open mouth at the strait high neck line with wide straps. To the mid-thigh hem. The vintage black lace silk stockings into black high top booties. An anklet chain of diamonds and charms adores her left ankle. I am light headed as she descends. Sumter holds me up. Wow! I am washed away by the beauty. She has top the outfit, with the drop diamond earrings, a pearl choker, and Authentic Suffragette March and Jail pins, with a large Temperance League Badge.
She smiles and kisses me. her eyes have a hint of color, and her lips have a rose shade. She pins a large Temperance badge on my lapel. "Now, we're set." She takes my arm, we head out. In the car. She strokes my hand, leaning on my shoulder. I feel like we should be going to the latest Silent film to make out. Instead where off to a The Great Gatsby themed Coping Together Gala. I wish we were still at the hidden lodge in the Canadian mountains.
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Taylor pov.
The primality finding on the plane, sabotage. Who? Every one of our immediate threats are gone. Maybe a foot soldier, hitman? We are tight on security for the Gala. Everyone will be there. The whole Grey and Steele clans. I have everything covered, I can't worry about Sumter right now. Sawyer is working, Mia Grey is pissed, but Ben will escort her. A last minute's add-on is Ethan and three friends. College morons, rich, spoiled, brats.
Ethan Kavanagh is turning into a pain. He's decide he's not gay, but bisexual. And defiantly not monogamous. Mikey is beside himself with angst. Even Kate is not happy with her brother's antics. I will have to detail people to watch them. Ethan is known to publicly act out.
The entrance goes fantastic. With Barney and Andrea stealing the show. Christian and Anna stake out a nice spot on the lawn to mingle. Sumter appears with chairs. They sit as the guest circulate to them. The Grey's are looking regal, and happy. Mikey is in a Dinner Jacket with sharp pants and a slicked back hair. Like a Don Juan from the Hollywood scene. Mia is a vision of Flapper excesses in pink.
The Steele arrive. Wow! The Major is wearing a twenties US Army dress mess uniform with badges and rank. Kaylee is wearing a vintage lace; open back summer dress is green. With a diamond pendant neckless and diamond flower studs. A vision of gentle grace.
Ben is in a Tux from the Twenties, looking like he copied Warren Beatty's from the Movie. Barney and Andrea just got bumped, As Luke and Shawnee sweep into the crowd. He is wearing a black on black suits with a leather fedora, looking all Indian Jones. While Shawnee is dressed in a red/green/ gold silk embroidered Chinese dress. With slit up to her thigh, in red knee boots with silver tips. Her blonde hair is sweep high and decorated with colored ribbon sticks. She looks like a dragon Madame of the movies.
Wow! They are the focus of the party for five minutes. Till the over the top family clowns arrive. Elliot and Kate enter as Bonnie and Clyde. With the sharp suit and dress. I suspect they rented the original movies cloths. They are done up as successful gangsters and robbers of the twenties. With over top jeweler and props, even to a violin case. I am about to call Sawyer "T. I check the case, just Elliot Liquor boot." Shit, Sawyer. "You need to steal that at the first opportunity, you understand. If I see that out you're on cars for the month." just what I need a repeat of the Christmas party at Kavanagh Media. I circle thru the crowd.
The Crowd is slowly working into the tent for dinner and the show. I hear a scream; I move towards a commotion near the pier. I arrive to see Sumter dragging Ethan and one of his friends onto the pier and tossing them in the lake. I am moving; when I see Sawyer dragging the other two on to the pier. They both throw them in the water. Looking back, I see Mikey on the ground, Mia and Ben are comforting him. Professor Millar is look angry at them.
Shit! here come Anna and Mary, like a freight train they stop at Mikey; then they charge the drowned rats climbing out of the lake. I see murder in their eyes. Sumter catches Anna, she's fighting to get at Ethan, Mary is caught by Sawyer before she can kill them. I turn as Kates knocks Elliot down and charges to her brother, she grabs his hand and slugs him with the other, two, three times before I get her away. I don't know what happened but the girls are ballistic.
Elliot walks up, I try to hand Kate to him. He smirks and slugs Ethan and friends down in rapid order before Carrick can drag him away. What every happened the families are going nuts. Suddenly Grace, Kaylee and Professor Millar are at my shoulder. "Elliot take Kate. Now! Taylor remove these scum from my party. Don't look so smug Ethan Kavanagh. I will be having words with your Parents about your conduct. If I see you again, I will wash your mouth out with a toile t brush." Grace says as Kaylee and the Professor nods. Woe they are pissed even worse than the girls. I help my security guys drag away the four assholes.
On the way to the cars, I hear a thuds. I turn back and the assholes are run into lamp poles along the drive. My guys are stoked. I see Parks smash Ethan face into his car hood. I have to get to the bottom of this. I make sure Warren follows them home.
I arrive in the house to Mikey being comforted by Grace and Kaylee on the couch. The professor sits in a chair nearby. Why is she here. I know she runs with the girls, says hi at college, but she not part of the inner circle. The guys and gals are huddled in Carrick office. Carrick is outside continuing the gala. I hustle the crowd plus the professor to their table. I get a moment to talk to Sawyer.
It seems that Ethan and his possess, decided to make break up with Mikey, calling him retarded and lame, and insulting him. Ethan tells him he just used him to get back at Kate and Elliot. I am pissed off! I didn't get a chance to walk Ethan into a dance with a light pole. They circled Mikey, calling him names pushing on him. Till he screamed. Mia and Ben were already heading to rescue him when the circle got vicious. Then Sumter and Sawyer arrived. I saw the rest. Ethan and friends are in for a world of hurt. I saw Christian on the phone to Welch.
Everything has calmed down, except Mia dragging the girls to the first Dance auction. Luckily the guys win their dates, except Mia who in up with a young Businessman, with sweat hands. After the dance he limps off. Sweet little Mia smashed his foot.
The party is over. Everyone is headed home. Mikey is back to his happy go lucky self. He danced with Grace and Kaylee, even the girls took him around the floor. The Dance machine can't waltz. He seems unsure how to move or hold the girls. Like a kid at his first dance social. I laughed so hard I had to excuse myself. The Girls were great with him. Never losing patience or miss making it fun. Even Elliot took him around the floor. I got pictures to prove it.
He was hilarious with the fireworks, that I hate. He was hiding and peeking between his fingers safely in Grace and Carrick arms, heeing and hawing the whole time. Like an excited scared little kid. Remind me of Sophie first fireworks.
The clans are meeting here tomorrow to clean up, and have brunch. I hope the day will go better.
